Cap-exploder



A. F. LENT. CAP EXPLODEH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1920.

1,377,94. I e ted May-10,1921.

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CAP EXPLODER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 2. 1920.

Patented May 10, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ALVAH F. LENT, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CAP-EXPLODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

Application filed June 2, 1920. Serial No. 885,921.

To all wlwm'z't may concern Be it known that I, ALVAH F. LENT, a

citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new reptitiously open the same after the alarm mechanism has been properly set. With these objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, a preferred embodiment ofv which is shown in the accompanying drawings. wherein:

Figure l is a side view of the device applied to the stock of a toy pistol.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same applied to. a toy rifle.

Fig. 3 is a View of the device applied to a toy pistol stock having means for utilizing the force of the explosion of the cap topropel a missile.

F ig.. 4 is a view of the device applied as a window sash alarm.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the exploder unattached;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the base plate of the device.

Figs. 7', 8 and 9 are respectively plan views of the blanks from which the base plate, hammer and trigger are formed.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the several elements, which may be designated respectively as the base plate, the hammer, and the trigger, are struck from sheet metal, the blanks for the same being adapted for production by stamping, as a means for reducing to the minimum the cost of construction, the several elements being connected to the base plate blank, consisting of the central longitudinal portion 10 over which project lateral flan es 11 at. right angles to the body of the p ate, said flanges being perforated as shown at 13 and 14 to form bearings for the trunnions 15 and 16 respectively of the hammer and trigger elements.

Near one end of the body portion of the base plate blank, ears l7 and 18 are provided and bent into positions perpendicular to the plane of the plate. and corresponding with the positions of the adjacent portions 19 of said flanges, to inclose a space 20 which constitutes the seat for the explosive cap of a toy pistol of the paper type, said seat being disposed in the path of movement of the head 21 of the hammer 22 formed from the blank shown in plan in Fig. 8 and having the trunnions 15 mounted in the openings 13 formed, as above indicated, in the said flanges of the base plate. At an intermediate point the base plate is cut away, as indicated at 23, to form clearance for the rear end of the hammer which terminates in an eye 24 for engagement with one end of an actuating spring 25 extending from an ear 26 formed on the trigger element 27. The base plate may be secured to or supported by the stock 28 ,of a toy pistol,.or the stock 29 of a rifleor toy gun, or the frame 30 of a window or door by any suitable means such as screws or tacks passing through suitable perforations 21. 4

The hammer element of the structure consists of the elongated blank having lateral projections forming the trunnions 15 10- cated near one end, the opposite end being doubled or folded to produce the hammer head 21 terminating in a hook 32 which is Y adapted for engagement with a seat 33 formed on the edges of flanges 3 1 of the trigger blank. The edges of said flanges are concaved to provide a finger bearing when the device is used as a cap exploder in connection with toy pistols and guns, and as a means for engagement with a suitable operating'pin or peg 35 when the device is used as aburglar alarm applied, as shown in Fig. 4, to a window or door. As explained in reference to the trigger blank shown in Fig. 9, the trunnions 16 of the blank are formed by the lateral extensions of the body portion of the same near one end, beyond which the extremity of the blank is curved to form a bearing member the end of the trigger element in the o po- .site direction to 1nsure seat 33 with the terminal member 32 of the charging the piece,

spring thus is held under a tenslon which tends to drive the hammer to its operative or exploding position 'and'at the same time maintains the trig er in restraining engagement therewith. Vhen the free end of the trigger is drawn back in the action of dissuch movement is resisted by the actuating spring, but at the same time the movement incident to the release of the hammer serves to apply added tension to the spring. The hammer, therefore, is effectively moved to a position with its head in contact with the the 'seat 20.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 3, there is provided a cu 37 mounted upon a projecting portion of t e forward end of the base plate in advance of the extremity of the stock, the cup'having in its bottom an opening 38 registering with an opening '39 formed in the cap seat. A hollow rivet cap arranged in 40 engaging these two reg stering openings serves to secure the cup onthe cap seat. Ithas been found in practice that by placing a relatively light block such material in the cup, the force of the explosion of the cap will drive the missile to a considerable height and thus add materially to the attractiveness of the device as a to Having described the invention what is I claimed as new and useful is 1. A cap exploder having a base plate provided with a cap seat, a hammer element ivotally mounted upon the base plate and having a terminal head for contact with said seat,- a trigger element also pivotally mounted upon the base plate, and an actuating spring connecting the trlg'ger at an intermediate point in its length with the hammer at the end remote from said head.

2. A cap exploder having a base plate provided at one end with a cap seat, a hampoint in its length upon said mer pivotally mounted at an intermediate plate and of wood or some adapted at one end for engagement with said seat, a trigger element pivotally mounted upon the base plate and provided at an intermediate point with a seat for engagement with the extremity of the hammer element adjacent the head thereof, and an actuating spring connecting the said hammer and trigger elements for the joint operation thereofl 3. A cap exploder having a base'element consisting of a blank provided with lateral flanges and transverse flanges located in operative position with the lateral flanges to form a cap seat, a hammer element provided at an intermediate oint in its length with lateral extensions orming trunnions mounted in bearings in said lateral flanges of said base element and bent upon itself at the end remote from said trunnions to form a .trigger engaging tongue, an up-struck tri ger element having side flanges provi ed with a seat for'engagement with the terminal tongue of the hammer element and also having lateral extensions forming trunnions mounted in bearings in the said flanges of said base element, the end of the trigger blank adjacent the trunnions being extended and bent to form a bearing tongue for contact with the base element, and an actuating spring for said hammer and triggerelements terminally connected to one end of the former and an intermediate point in the length of the latter. 4. A toy firearm having a'stock, a base element carried by the stock and provided with a terminal cap seat, a cup supported by the extremity of the base element and having an opening in connection with the cap seat, a hammer element pivotally mounted upon the base element and provided with a head for engagement with an object in the :cap seat, a trigger element mounted pivotally upon the base element and provided with means for engaging the free end of the hammer element, .and an actuating spring for said hammer and trig- I ger elements terminally connected respectively therewith. 1

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 

